Prog Collectives: Tackle late 60s and early 70s rock!
Prog Colelctive– Songs We Were Thought
Prog Collective sounds like a good idea for a Proghead, and this Prog Collective tackle late 60s and early 70s rock on latest collaboration and it is with various members of Yes, Jethro Tull, Gong, Curved Air, The Flower Kings and more feature on Songs We Were Taught. The label behind this amazing project is Purple Pyramid Record.
Tracl List
1. The Sound Of Silence – Jon Davison (Yes) & Geoff Downes (Yes/Asia)
2. Year Of The Cat – Billy Sherwood (Yes/Circa) & David Sancious (Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band)
3. House Of The Rising Sun – David Clayton-Thomas (Blood Sweat & Tears) & Steve Hillage (Gong)
4. In The Land Of Grey And Pink – Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal (Guns N’ Roses)
5. Summer Breeze – Roine Stolt (The Flower Kings) & Steve Morse (Dixie Dregs)
6. Fire And Rain – Sonja Kristina (Curved Air) & Martin Barre (Jethro Tull)
7. The Weight – Rod Argent (The Zombies) & Jeff “Skunk” Baxter (The Doobie Brothers)
8. Wild World – Rosalie Cunningham (Ipso Facto) & Patrick Moraz (The Moody Blues)
9. It’s Too Late – Candice Night (Blackmore’s Night) & Dweezil Zappa
10. The Times They Are A-Changin’ – Martin Turner (Wishbone Ash) & Jerry Goodman (The Flock).
Billy Sherwood’s Prog Collective super group have announced their latest collaborative album, Songs We Were Taught, which looks to some of the most formative and influential songs of the 60s and 70s from the likes of Bob Dylan, Simon And Garfunkel, Cat Stevens and The Band.
The album features Jon Davison and Geoff Downes from Yes, Steve Hillage, David Sancious, Curved Air’s Sonja Kristina, Martin Barre and Rod Argent as well as more contemporary artists like Dweezil Zappa, Ron ‘Bumbelefoot’ Thal, Roine Stolt and Rosalie Cunningham. Songs We Were Taught will be released through Cleopatra Records on July 1.
Purple Pyramid Records is a sub-label to Cleopatra Records that focuses on progressive rock and psychedelic music. The label began in 2000 with a series of releases by guitarist Allan Holdsworth, Jon Anderson, and Hawkwind co-founder Nik Turner.
Here are some older songs from Prog Collective,